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Viagara May Be One of Our Best Existing Options For an Alzheimer's Treatment <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/BrainScan.jpg" alt="Brain scan slide"/>Here's what we know.

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Viagra May Be One of Our Best Existing Options For an Alzheimer's Treatment

Repurposing treatments to treat multiple conditions is quicker, safer, and less expensive than developing new ways to manage health.

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The Microbes in Your Dog's Gut May Predict Their Cancer Prognosis <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/dog-microbiome.jpg" alt="The Microbes in Your Dog's Gut May Predict Their Cancer Prognosis"/>Good news for dog-lovers.

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The Microbes in Your Dog's Gut May Predict Their Cancer Prognosis

No pet lover wants to hear this, but around 6 million dogs are diagnosed with cancer in the US every year.

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Semaglutide May Reverse Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis, Study Suggests <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/knee_joint_illustration_header.jpg" alt="illustration of a knee joint"/>Spoiler alert: it’s not just due to weight loss.

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Semaglutide May Reverse Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis, Study Suggests

Medical researchers have discovered that semaglutide may reverse the debilitating tissue damage caused by osteoarthritis, the world's most com...

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Don't Miss This Week's Blood Moon. It Will Be The Last You'll See For a While. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/last_blood_moon_header.jpg" alt="blood moon"/>Next full lunar eclipse: Late 2028.

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Don't Miss This Week's Blood Moon. It Will Be The Last You'll See For a While.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse – and there won't be another until late 2028.

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New Ozempic-Style Pill Outperformed Oral Semaglutide in Major Trial <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/PillTaking.jpg" alt="A person taking a pill"/>There is one drawback, however.

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New Ozempic-Style Pill Outperformed Oral Semaglutide in Major Trial

We may have a new champion when it comes to pills that can manage both blood sugar levels and weight loss.

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World's Smallest QR Code Is So Tiny It's Invisible to The Human Eye <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/TinyQRCode.jpg" alt="World's Smallest QR Code Is So Tiny It's Invisible to The Human Eye"/>"It cannot be seen with optical microscopes at all."

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World's Smallest QR Code Is So Tiny It's Invisible to The Human Eye

The smallest QR code in the world is so very tiny that your phone would need an electron microscope to scan it.

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Bacteria Play Previously Unknown Role in Kidney Stones, Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/CTScanShowingRibsPelvisKidneyStones.jpg" alt="Bacteria Play Previously Unknown Role in Kidney Stones, Study Finds"/>Offering hope for new treatment strategies.

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Bacteria Play Previously Unknown Role in Kidney Stones, Study Finds

Kidney stones have plagued humans since antiquity, yet despite our long history with them, we've apparently overlooked a key detail about the ...

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A Migraine Is Not Just a Headache: The 4 Distinct Stages Explained <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/ManHeadacheMigrainePain.jpg" alt="Man sitting on bed holding head in pain"/>It starts with a warning.

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A Migraine Is Not Just a Headache: The 4 Distinct Stages Explained

A migraine attack is not just a "bad headache".

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Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It's Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/HeartHealth.jpg" alt="Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It's Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat"/>There's another factor that may matter more.

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Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It's Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat

The key to heart health isn't cutting down on pasta or potatoes, new evidence suggests; it's not even a low-fat diet.

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Waking Up at 5am Could Make You More Productive, But There's a Catch <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/HandTurningOff5amAlarm.jpg"/>Here's what sleep science has to say.

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Waking Up at 5am Could Make You More Productive, But There's a Catch

At 5 am, social media fills with proof that the early risers have already won the day.

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UK First: Woman Gives Birth After Womb Transplant From Deceased Donor <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/UterusTransplant.jpg"/>"A huge milestone."

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UK First: Woman Gives Birth After Womb Transplant From Deceased Donor

A woman in the United Kingdom, who was born without a womb, has recently given birth to a healthy baby boy in a medical first for the nation.

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Placenta May Hide Early Warning Signs of Schizophrenia Risk <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/foetus_womb_placenta_header.jpg" alt="fetus in the womb"/>A vital link between the brain and placenta.

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Placenta May Hide Early Warning Signs of Schizophrenia Risk

Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell what is real.

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Physicists Finally Reveal Why Sticky Tape 'Screams' When You Peel It <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/tape.jpg" alt="Physicists Finally Reveal Why Sticky Tape 'Screams' When You Peel It"/>Well, wouldn't you?

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Physicists Finally Reveal Why Sticky Tape 'Screams' When You Peel It

There are some things in life that many people just don't think to question.

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Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds <img width="720" height="405" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/middle-age_pfas_720.jpg" alt="Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds"/>Are they speeding up the biological clock?

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Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds

A new study shows that exposure to two specific 'forever chemicals' may accelerate biological aging, especially in middle-aged men.

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New Details Revealed on NASA's First Medical Evacuation <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/mike_fincke_header.jpg" alt="Mike Fincke"/>"Reminds us just how human we are."

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New Details Revealed on NASA's First Medical Evacuation

AP – NASA's Mike Fincke identified himself Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medica...

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Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/SalmonellaTyphiFlagellarStain-1.jpg" alt="Reddish brown blobs with stringy projections, seen under a microscope"/>This is a global problem.

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Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn

Despite having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered a threat in developed countries today.

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Meditation And Mindfulness Have a Dark Side We Rarely Talk About <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/SilhoutteMeditatingAtSunset.jpg" alt="A high contrast image showing a silhouetted human meditating by the ocean at sunset"/>Adverse effects are not rare.

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Meditation And Mindfulness Have a Dark Side We Rarely Talk About

Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and mental health issues.

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Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/butthole.jpg" alt="Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile"/>Looking good for its age.

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Oldest Fossilized Butthole Found in 290-Million-Year-Old Reptile

Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on with its day.

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NASA's Giant Moon Rocket Has a New Problem <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/ArtemisRockeetInBrightDaylightWithVisibleMoon.jpg" alt="NASA's Artemis II rocket against a bright blue sky, with the Moon visible in the bottom right"/>Just days after fixing hydrogen leaks.

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NASA's Giant Moon Rocket Has a New Problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

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Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/kombucha-biofilm.jpg" alt="Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed"/>Jelly world.

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Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed

Scientists have many theories about how Earth's raw materials turned into living cells, but a new proposal is particularly slimy.